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The longer-term effects of human capital enrichment programs on poverty and inequality : oportunidades in Mexico

McKee, Douglas; Todd, Petra E. - In: Estudios de economía 38 (2011) 1, pp. 67-100

and inequality of these children. It adapts methods developed in DiNardo, Fortin and Lemieux (1996) and incorporates … inequality. -- oportunidades ; human capital ; schooling ; health ; poverty ; inequality …

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Forecasting movement of the Nigerian Stock Exchange All Share index using artificial neural and Bayesian networks

Bola, Adetunji Abigail; Adesola, Aderounmu Ganiyu; … - In: Journal of finance and investment analysis 2 (2013) 1, pp. 41-59

This paper presents a study of Artificial Neural Network (ANN) and Bayesian Network (BN) for use in stock index prediction. The data from Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) market are applied as a case study. Based on the rescaled range analysis, the neural network was used to capture the...

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Why activity based costing (ABC) is still tagging behind the traditional costing in Malaysia?

Rasiah, Devinaga - In: Journal of applied finance & banking 1 (2011) 1, pp. 83-106

This study compares activity-based costing (ABC) model and traditional costing method in Malaysia. Activity based costing (ABC) which was developed into the manufacturing/service sectors in Malaysia. It calculates the cost and performance of activities, resources and cost objects. It can be...

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Cazabobos o salvavidas? : la economía política de los fotorradares en Chile

Paredes, Ricardo D.; Rizzi, Luis I.; Valenzuela, Javier - In: Estudios de economía 33 (2006) 2, pp. 97-115

Most road accidents in Chile (causing about 1,600 deaths per year) are linked to speeding. A widely used control mechanism all over the world, the speed detectors, enabled in the middle of the 1990’s was then suddenly prohibited in Chile through the enactment of a law justified on the idea...

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Financial markets, bloated governments and the misallocation of capital

Savvides, Savvakis C. - In: Journal of finance and investment analysis 1 (2012) 2, pp. 201-219

Through this paper the author discusses the phenomenon of excessive Government borrowing and the factors that lead Governments to be so dependent on financial markets. It is argued that the combined effect of unregulated financial intermediaries, hedge funds and Credit Rating Agencies in...

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Sharing a polluted river through environmental taxes

Gómez-Rúa, María - In: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 4 (2013) 2, pp. 137-153

n agents located along a river generate residues that then require cleaning to return the river to its natural state, which entails some cost. We propose several rules to distribute the total pollutant-cleaning cost among all the agents. We provide axiomatic characterizations using properties...

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The rebuilding of the Cyprus economy

Savvides, Savvakis C. - In: Journal of finance and investment analysis 2 (2013) 2, pp. 107-123

Following the extra ordinary decision to bail in the unsecured depositors and restructure the two main banks and the near complete destruction of the country’s economic business model as an International Financial Centre, the author considers the changes necessary to rebuild the economy of...

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Inequality of outcomes vs inequality of opportunities in a developing country : an exploration analysis for Chile

Núñez, Javier; Tartakowsky, Andrea - In: Estudios de economía 34 (2007) 2, pp. 185-202

inequality is associated with the inequality of observed exogenous circumstances of origin that determine individuals … a bi-parental household reduces income inequality, but in a small margin, in the range of 8 to 13 points of the Gini … part of income inequality may be associated with unobserved heterogeneity across individuals unrelated to circumstances of …

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Evaluando reformas tributarias en Chinle con un modelo CGE

Mardones Poblete, Cristian - In: Estudios de economía 37 (2010) 2, pp. 243-284

and income distribution. -- tax reform ; income inequality ; CGE ; microsimulation …

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Getting ahead, falling behind and standing still : income mobility in Chile

Castro, Rodrigo - In: Estudios de economía 38 (2011) 1, pp. 243-258

This paper analyses household income mobility in Chile between 1996 and 2001. Compared to industrialized and most developing countries, mobility has been quite high. The purpose of this paper is to apply a binomial probit model and split analysis into assessment of individuals and households on...

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